Android Economics Continued: 5% Of Revenue Is From App Sales (Asymco) Continuing his analysis of Google Play (formerly known as the Android Marketplace), Horace Dediu estimates that on average, about 5% of Play content sales to be booked as revenues for Android. This 5% ends up a quite a small amount if overall app sales are small. Google has publicly stated that they are targeting $10/device/year in revenues. This is probably ambitious. Assuming $6.50/device/year, the total revenues are quite strong since there were likely more than 215 million users at year end. That results in a total revenue base of $1.4 billion for 2011.

Surprising Facts About Google + (PR Daily) Brands, don't abandon that account just yet. A new study finds that 64% of a selected group of brands have an active Google+ page, and 22% have pages with more than 100,000 circlers. And those figures are steadily increasing. Some stats:

Google Needs iOS More Than It Needs Android (SlashGear)Google has a problem, and it's all about commitment and addiction. The update release of Google+ for iPhone has Android lovers up in arms. Google should prioritize Android users. After all, they're the ones who support the search giant by buying an Android device in the first place. The blunt truth is that Google needs to convince Apple users to use Google + more than it does those of Android.

The Oracle / Google Trial Could Get Messy (CNet) Over the weekend, attorneys for both Oracle and Google filed several motions that could either speed up the case or plunge it into a much longer, messier trial. One of the more noteworthy points was to move the debate of "patent infringement willfulness" into the second phase of the trial going on right now. Interestingly, this looks like one area where both sides of the courtroom appeared to agree; at least when it comes to timing. The court will address the issue of direct willfulness now before the third phase of the trial can begin, which would focus on damages. Closing statements will be delivered today.

Baidu Set To Launch New Smartphone On Baidu Cloud (Reuters)Baidu is set to launch a new smartphone partnership this week, that will see the smartphone use an upgraded version of its mobile operating system. It will be similar to Baidu's partnership with Dell in which the two launched a smartphone running on Baidu's Yi platform. The new smartphones will run an upgraded version of Baidu Yi called Baidu Cloud. "We have a few partnerships coming up and will announce it in a week," according to Wang Jing, Baidu's vice president of engineering and head of mobile. That will put Baidu head to head with iOS and Android.